I don't see anything about this on her website, but according to the Advocate, Tammy Baldwin and two other reps are going to introduce a bill next week to repeal the so-called "Defense of Marriage Act". According to the Advocate, they haven't formally circulated the bill for co-sponsors yet, but 50 congressmen and -women have asked to be included as sponsors.

Dunno if this will go anywhere, but I'm glad to see someone working on it.

Are you sure? Maybe its a "Look over here! Homo's are gettin' Married!" kind of distraction. That will give the neocons something shiny and new to lie about and scare people with. Then in the meantime the Dems slip a nice little Public Option through Congress. Neocons can barely think about one thing at a time. Giving them two battles to fight might just be the end of them.

That's a good point and I think you're right about it being an effective way to distract the frothing-at-the-mouth far right. I'm worried about it feeding paranoia of working class whites who might still be persuaded on health care. I see the right wing presenting a "liberals have control of congress and look they're going to let the gays marry...do you trust them with health care reform" argument that will feed that paranoia.

True but they really don't need any more ammunition to get them foaming at the mouth. They'll just make stuff up to accomplish that. They already have. There's not a lot of convincing needed on health care at this point either. Lines have been drawn. The Dems aren't going to get one Republican vote no matter what ends up in that bill. They have decided its politically better to just kill it than to make it anything they would want. They've said as much on several occasions. Now the most laughable thing out there is they are accusing the Dems of doing EXACTLY what they've stated out loud. They claim the Dems want any victory regardless of the bill just based on politics. It's quite maddening. Gay marriage and all other gay equality will come with time. We just need to wait for a few more old people to kick off.

DOMA prevents people from getting married to dogs. If they repeal DOMA, people will be able to marry their dogs. Sure, there's nothing out there "allowing" people to marry their dogs, but Democrats haven't offered any bills to "prevent" people from marrying their dogs either.

One has to wonder why the Democrats would want to repeal DOMA before issuing legislation preventing people from marrying their dogs.

Are you sure? Maybe its a "Look over here! Homo's are gettin' Married!" kind of distraction. That will give the neocons something shiny and new to lie about and scare people with. Then in the meantime the Dems slip a nice little Public Option through Congress. Neocons can barely think about one thing at a time. Giving them two battles to fight might just be the end of them.

If hate is finite then there is hope for humanity.

pjbogart wrote:DOMA prevents people from getting married to dogs. If they repeal DOMA, people will be able to marry their dogs. Sure, there's nothing out there "allowing" people to marry their dogs, but Democrats haven't offered any bills to "prevent" people from marrying their dogs either.

One has to wonder why the Democrats would want to repeal DOMA before issuing legislation preventing people from marrying their dogs.

I'm more concerned with people being able to legally adopt their dogs (and bequeath legally rights onto their fur kids).